Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A subdural bleed, also called a subdural hematoma, is a type of brain bleed in which the blood pools between the skull and the brain. It is usually caused by ...

A subdural hematoma is a common neurological condition that occurs after a head injury. It occurs when blood builds up between the outermost covering of the brain (the dura) and the brain itself. Our ...

As a subdural hematoma expands, it deforms the underlying brain, illustrating the Monro-Kellie Doctrine, which states that in an adult the cranial volume is a constant. The cranial contents consist ...

A subdural hematoma can resemble a stroke, but I expect that the symptoms are permanent, at least until the pressure is relieved by draining the blood. Nevertheless, the event that you had ...

Compared with medical therapy alone, the embolization process was shown to reduce the rate of hematoma progression or recurrence and/or the need for surgery in patients with smaller subdural ...

A dramatic, threefold reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according to ...

Chronic subdural hematoma occurs in 127.1 of every 100,000 patients aged older than 80 years, according to researchers.

Chronic subdural hematoma is a common disorder and has been increasing in prevalence owing to the aging of the population and the widespread use of anticoagulant medication. 1,2 Minor head trauma ...

Patients with chronic subdural hematoma often present with cognitive impairment, gait disturbance, limb weakness, or headache, and the diagnosis is made on the basis of cranial imaging. 5 Surgical ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A dramatic, threefold reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, ...

Subdural hematomas are recognized by their crescent shape overlying and compressing the brain. They are arbitrarily divided into three types: acute (< 4 days), subacute (4-21 days) and chronic (> 21 ...